Commas substituted for virgules in title page transcription

Gualdo Priorato is identified as author in an imperial privilege on p. [7], 1st count, which is dated 18 July 1673

Added fully engraved compartment bearing coats of arms of the Netherlandish provinces; title in letterpress reads: Der Schauplatz des Niderlands

A version in Italian was published the same year under title Teatro del Belgio which was issued as both a Vienna and a Frankfurt imprint

Based in part on his Relatione delle Provincie Unite del Paese Basso, first printed "In Colonia", which is a falso imprint and has been identifed as either being printed in the Netherlands or printed in Brussels [?], according to Alden, in 1668

"Von der West-Indischen Compagnie oder Gesellschaft" p. 84-86

Signatures: pi² (pi1, pi2 versos blank) ²pi² A-2R² (2R2 verso blank) chi²

Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; engraved vignette of fishermen on title page; tail pieces; initials

Folded map following p. [5], 4th count, is numbered "1" and is a double folded map of the United Provinces; double plates which follow are engraved maps/plans of various cities and towns in the United Provinces of the Netherlands and are numbered 1-120; p. [2-5], 4th count are a key to the double plates which follow, and the folded double map numbered "1" is not included

Palmer, P.M. German works on America

Alden, J.E. European Americana

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting p. [5-6], preface, 1st count, which is available in negative photostat facsimile in the JCB bibliographical file; p. [98], 3rd count, has been renumbered "100" in ms. hand and the original numeral cannot be read; two folded plates also wanting

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary calf, rebacked

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